Many people, cities, and states recognized Indigenous Peoples Day instead of Columbus Day on Monday. The New Inquirytakes a look at indigenous history in America. Pair with our review of Laila Lalami’sThe Moor’s Account, which “underscores the notion that history often dismisses crucial voices.”

You may have heard that J.K. Rowling published a crime novel last year under the pen name Robert Galbraith. According to her alter ego’s website, Rowling will publish another novel as Galbraith, one featuring (again) the private investigator Cormoran Strike. (If you missed it, you should definitely read Elizabeth Minkel’srecent piece on Ron/Hermione and authorial regrets.)

Sonia Faleiro takes a look at the “book boys of Mumbai” who participate in India’s quasi-illegal pirated book market. (It’s an issue also discussed in Akshay Pathak’smost recent dispatch on Indian publishing.) Faleiro notes that books often appear on the streets as soon as they’re released to stores – and also that by 1999, as much as “20 to 25 percent of all books sold in the country were pirated.” Meanwhile, the former production editor in me wonders, how the heck are they re-printing these books so quickly?